The ax is an indispensable tool for every woodsman. The Ax Book is a thorough guide to cutting wood with hand tools. Even those who use chainsaws and other powe

A wide-ranging inquiry into the nature and possibility of restoration.

From hand-forged axes of the Viking conquests to the American homesteader’s felling axe, this is a tool that has shaped human history like few others. America

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY “Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the pr

Mabel plans to bring the thrills of volunteering to the masses-if she doesn't get the ax first. After losing her job of twenty-three years, Mabel decides to